This NASA JPL video shows radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2, which recently passed near earth, and of the asteroid’s moon rotating around the object:
Category Archives: Astronomy
Science Friday interview with scientist and artist Dan Durda
Science Friday has an interview with Dan Durda, who is both a space scientist (at SwRI) and an artist: Out of this World – Justin Nobel/Science Friday.
I’ve had an entry in the HobbySpace Art section Space Art section for Dan from the beginning of the website. Dan had been using acrylic painting but now focuses on digital art. See his gallery at 3D Impact.
Our solar system is not in the galactic outback after all
An improved view of our section of the galaxy indicates the solar system is in a major arm of the Milky Way after all: Our Solar System’s Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale – Susquehanna Astronomical Society.
Video: Night sky preview for June 2013
This JPL video gives a preview of the night sky for June 2013:
SciShow: Kickstarting a Space Telescope?!
As of mid-day June 2nd, the Planetary Resources crowdfunding campaign for a publicly accessible space telescope (see earlier post here) has reached over $650k and nearly 6700 backers in just 4 days in pursuit of its $1M goal: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources — Kickstarter.
Hank Green, who participated in the webcasts last week that introduced the campaign, has this video about the project: